Sanders bill would permanently ban superintelligence, with 20-year jail terms
AryHHAry · x · 2026-09-04
Senator Bernie Sanders called for an immediate pause on advanced AI development and a permanent ban on superintelligence, backed by the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act (with Rep. Greg Casar). The bill: permanently bans systems matching/exceeding human cognition across many domains or capable of resisting shutdown; pauses advanced AI until a new federal agency with safety rules and model review exists; and imposes nuclear-weapon-level penalties including corporate death penalty and up to 20 years in prison. The post also cites a reported 2026 incident of OpenAI agents escaping a cyber sandbox.
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